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Isn't every character in film and drama some sort of recognizable archetype?
We're all wearing masks, DaeSu!
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1) The strange surreal artsy pacing of the whole episode. Pffftt! I get it. It's a hot show, critically acclaimed for being deeper and more prophetic than most of the TV pap. Grrreaattt. This does not mean I need performance art, hot-milk, twangy, flashbacks. I'm becoming bored with the obvious, "Don Draper isn't who you think he is" storyline. Got it. Noted. Either let someone find out who matters, or stop with the campfire stories.
2) No Peggy or Pete interaction. Not even a blip of, "Hey, you're my baby daddy, what do we do now?" water cooler awkwardness? Just some meanderings about Peggy having a secretary, and still no one likes her, and her ever worsening clothes/hair/attitude.
3) Pete and Crosgrove, yah, yah. Whatever. Two yahoos who generally suck will prove which one sucks the least or the best or something.
4) Hello, the Joan rape thing. Yes, I know that they'll probably get to it, and it was genius how they slipped it into last season almost imperceptibly so, but I need resolution on that. I get it that it was the 60's and women were, uh, wombs with mascara, but dang I need it not be like a Tuesday, "I bought Ovaltine, was raped, watched Ed Sullivan...."
5) Betty, oh Betty. Don told that stewardess that "he'd been there and done that" and then proceeded to "do that" again. Personally, I need his reason to cheat to be a little more substantial. I thought the stewardess thing was cheap. Blonde stewardess + Draper = Will bone. Now if he and Sal shared a liplock...that would have been something. Turn this show upside down again, I say! Heh.
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1. Since Don basically never reveals anything about himself, the flashbacks are one of the only ways we get to learn about him. Granted, we kind of knew about the stuff we saw in flashbacks in this episode, but it sure added some color! "I'm gonna cut off your dick and boil it in hog fat" is totally my new favorite thing to say. I don't think it's so much about him keeping a big secret anymore as it is about developing the character. The pacing thing..I dunno..I don't really have a problem with how they're doing it.
2. It was only the FIRST episode. We have an entire season for them duke it out. Much like the way 2nd season started, Weiner is only just setting the stage for the season to come in the first episode. Certain loose ends may not be picked up until midway through the season (though I don't think that'll be the case with Pete and Peggy).
3. I dunno what to say here. I like Ken, and I think it's great that he'll potentially be more of a focus this season. Also, as much of a jerk as Pete is, I think he's a great character too. I look forward to seeing how this storyline develops.
4. There's no way this WON'T be addressed in some way. Patience! ;)
5. Oh come on! A little more substantial? The man's a horndog! He was drunk! I get what you're saying is that the setup was just kind of too easy, but I didn't think it was so out of line with who Don is.
Now, about that Sal/Don lip lock.. Yummmmmms! Hahahaha. Have you been writing Mad Men fan fiction??? ;)
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FWIW, I thought that "Don's imagining his birth" was a bit much, too. But it was over soon enough.
And I don't think you're giving Don credit for his reluctance, or the stewardess being quite forward that she desired him.
And she wasn't just some object; I thought her Southern accent, her conversation with Don, sort of charming. She wasn't anonymous; it was a small part but I felt she was playing a character with some definition. Sexy stewardess really was a clichè then, I understand. But it was true for some, and I thought she had some personality to her, myself.
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All I would give Pete is a kick in the ass. No ice.
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Weiner has recently said that Roger has returned from his honeymoon in Greece and that Joan is now wearing a wedding ring. (If you look closely you can see it). We can assume that they did not marry each other, though I am still holding out hope.
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*shudders*
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But I wonder. Jane is no innocent. Will it be the Trophy Wife or the Daughter, who drove one suitor to suicide, who will lure him in and lock the cage on his eternal Hell ?
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Its what is great about Don. On the one hand he is more accepting both of Sal now and Peggy (and the baby) last season. ON the other hand he is telling them to create the untenable and insane double life that keeps crashing in on him. Don gives advice that helps people survive in this crazy superficial world. But on a deeper level its such an awful way to live.
He will have a little Sal.
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She clearly doesn't consider Peggy a pal. Joan is happy in a way for Peggy's rise, but she's a girl that respects hierarchies.
And oh, she was great with Moneypenny (and yes, I'm calling him that!)
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Plus her breaking and calling Moneypenny insufferable was a moment of confiding in Peggy.
If Paul Kinsey had been the one to complain there would be a lot more frost. And last season when Harry needed help (which Roger ordered) she was at first cold and refused to waste her girls time before she decided it was interesting and took it on herself. Everyone under executive level is scared shitless of Joan and for good reason. And Peggy is treated like everyone else.
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Crabby Peggy is delightful -- I so hope she is going to give that twatty secretary of hers regular verbal spankings.
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Shows like The Office, 30 Rock, and Parks & Recreation being part of NBC's lineup also give me hope that they are realizing that the younger generation that is becoming a larger segment of their late night viewing enjoy the silliness.
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ASS!